2.5 fps?

Tony Brewer · 05-21-2004, 09:25 PM

Can only get 2.5 to 3 fps. Tried all suggestions in support area. Video driver up to date. ATI Mobility card in a 1G Thinkpad w/ 1G RAM running win2000. Task Mgr shows no programs running in background and only 8-10% CPU usage. What "processes" could be running that would cause the low fps? Have run Ad-aware and Spybot, etc. Aquarium ran smoothly up until about a week ago. No new programs installed during that time. Scratching my head.....Please help.

Jim Sachs · 05-22-2004, 12:21 AM

Hit "s" to display the statistics. Is the system using its hardware (HAL) or is it using RGB emulation?

feldon34 · 05-22-2004, 01:03 AM

Set the graphics to 800 x 600 16-bit color.

Make sure Microsoft NetMeeting is not running.

Close any 3D applications like 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD, etc.

Tony Brewer · 05-23-2004, 05:28 PM

RGB emulation, VSyncCLAMP, N808.2.0.6418.
No 3D apps running. 800x600, 16 bit only increases fps to 6-7.

Jim Sachs · 05-23-2004, 06:28 PM

When you run other Direct3D applications, do they use the hardware? Run DXDIAG.exe, click the "Display" tab, and make sure that DirectDraw and Direct3D are enabled. Then click the "Test Direct3D" button and make sure the 3D hardware is working OK.

Tony Brewer · 05-24-2004, 03:01 PM

Somehow, MS Netmeeting was running in the background. Problem resolved. Thanks for all the help!!

feldon34 · 05-24-2004, 03:09 PM

NetMeeting prevents all DirectX applications from having access to the hardware and it turns on file sharing for all your hard drives.

What were they thinking?

Tiny Turtle · 05-25-2004, 01:03 AM

World Domination?

drfish · 05-25-2004, 03:46 AM

...obviously for someone else...

Tiny Turtle · 05-25-2004, 04:49 AM

Nope. I meant they were only thinking of World domination when they should've been thinking of NetMeeting...

05-21-2004, 09:25 PM	#1
Tony Brewer Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4	2.5 fps? Can only get 2.5 to 3 fps. Tried all suggestions in support area. Video driver up to date. ATI Mobility card in a 1G Thinkpad w/ 1G RAM running win2000. Task Mgr shows no programs running in background and only 8-10% CPU usage. What "processes" could be running that would cause the low fps? Have run Ad-aware and Spybot, etc. Aquarium ran smoothly up until about a week ago. No new programs installed during that time. Scratching my head.....Please help.

05-22-2004, 12:21 AM	#2
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	Hit "s" to display the statistics. Is the system using its hardware (HAL) or is it using RGB emulation? Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-22-2004, 01:03 AM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Set the graphics to 800 x 600 16-bit color. Make sure Microsoft NetMeeting is not running. Close any 3D applications like 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD, etc. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-23-2004, 06:28 PM	#5
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	When you run other Direct3D applications, do they use the hardware? Run DXDIAG.exe, click the "Display" tab, and make sure that DirectDraw and Direct3D are enabled. Then click the "Test Direct3D" button and make sure the 3D hardware is working OK. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-24-2004, 03:01 PM	#6
Tony Brewer Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4	2.5 fps? Somehow, MS Netmeeting was running in the background. Problem resolved. Thanks for all the help!!

05-23-2004, 05:28 PM	#4
Tony Brewer Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4	RGB emulation, VSyncCLAMP, N808.2.0.6418. No 3D apps running. 800x600, 16 bit only increases fps to 6-7.

05-24-2004, 03:09 PM	#7
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	NetMeeting prevents all DirectX applications from having access to the hardware and it turns on file sharing for all your hard drives. What were they thinking? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-25-2004, 01:03 AM	#8
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	World Domination? Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

05-25-2004, 03:46 AM	#9
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,353	...obviously for someone else... I don't watch commercials.

05-25-2004, 04:49 AM	#10
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Nope. I meant they were only thinking of World domination when they should've been thinking of NetMeeting... Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.